Tanning Positions?

[tenkeyallie]

Hi Everyone

I have only been tanning four times so far. Is there a certain way I should be lying in the bed? So far I have just been on my back with my arms at my sides.

Thanks!
Allison

[CincyFan]

Hi Allison,

I move around alot to make sure that my tan is even. I lay on my tummy and rest my head (just above my forehead) on my hands, but some people find this uncomfortable. I lay on my back and stretch my hands over my head or rest my head on my hands. Sometimes I lay with my feet together and my knees at the edge of the bed so when I put my arms up there's more room at the top of the bed. Other times, I pull my chin up so my neck gets tanned. And I started sitting on the edge of the bed a few minutes at the end of some sessions to help avoid butt moons. I also use stand-up booths to avoid the white side stripes and underarm whites. Hope this helps.

[Tpsyduck]

I don't move much at all, I just lay down with my hands over my head. The only little "lines" I've got to speak of is on my shoulders, but they're very small, and nothing that a little DHA lotion won't even out

[ladyboss]

I don't move around too much either - I tried flipping but too uncomfortable so for a few minutes I just lift my arms over my head to try and fill in the arm pits.

[LacyRose]

I do half my time on my tummy, the other half on my back. It's not always comfortable but it works for me..

[boobrandt]

I usually move very little, I spend about half the session with my arms down by my sides and the other half with the behind my head. I'm pretty lazy. Sometimes I turn onto my side when my back is bothering me. But otherwise, I just lay there like a baked fish.

[TheMainEvent]

Cincyfan, excellent post. Great respones to everybody. Bump.

[Val]

I just lie on my back with my arms down. I don't really care if my underarms get tan.

[diane5529]

i lie on my back with my arms down half of the time. the rest i lay on my stomach. i tan my underarms in standups.

[RainCloud]

I try to lift my arms close to the top set of bulbs, but I prefer to use stand-ups for a more even coverage. I use the beds to focus on my feet because they are hard to get in the stand-up. LOL

[LucaBella]

yeah I go back and forth from stand ups to lay downs, to get all over , but a good way to get your feet tanned too is if there are face tanners in the bed, lay the opposite way, with your feet under the face tanners, it really helps! Also try not to have your arms right right next to you, and moving around a bit is good, so you don't get pressure point spots as bad.

[SexyKitty]

I go in standups to even out my tan but latly Im just using laydown beds cuz its winter. I just lay half the time Im in there with my arms at my sides and the other half with them kinda behind my head so I can tan the under arm parts. I dont flip or anything. I was told in one bed I use to not use the facial tanner in the bed. To move down and just use the body bulbs and they will give you better color on your face. But I thought thats what a facial tanner was supposed to do? I got very good color from it so I guess it worked!

[HellaTanBlonde]

well I flip sometimes, mostly just my arms over my head and my neck up sometimes

[Blondie41280]

I try to use the stand up maybe once every 2 weeks or so just to make sure my sides are all even. But when im just using the regular bed I try to roll on my sides each for like 5 minutes each. But sometimes I fall right asleep in there on my back for the whole time haha.

[HellaTanBlonde]

my salon doesn't have a stand up...how much could that help me to get tanner?!?

[Blondie41280]

I dont get that great of color from my the stand up thats why I dont use it alot. Its just good to even out my sides and under my arms and shtuff. Maybe mine at my place just needs new bulbs who knows.

[HellaTanBlonde]

thanks blonde !!!

[LucaBella]

and a good way to get your feet is if your bed as face tanners then try turning around and laying with your feet under the face tanners every once in a while, it helps a lot

[tantalizinglytan]

I don't like stand ups that much either Blondie.. I love the beds.

I usually just lay on my back and stretch my neck up a lot & turn my face side to side some and then on my tummy sometimes to get my neck ultra dark.

Although I don't lay on my front much because its already darker than my back

[BronzeGlowAlicia]

I just lay on my back with my arms spread away from my body *still in the bed of course* I do have really white underarms but that doesn't really bother me because.. Who says underarms have to be tan? The only thing that bothers me and makes me want to try a standup is the fact that right about my ...Breasts? there are white lines... So that kind of stinks..

[divabutterfly]

When I used bed I moved around so much it made me sweat even more than you're supposed too!
I would lie on my back with my legs turned to one side , then the other, then I'd flip on my tummy, then I'd finish up on my back but at the same time I'd slide down so my face is under long bulbs and I'd put my arms up to tan my underarms and it worked. Then I looked in the yellow pages and found a gym with a stand up booth I could afford - $21 a month of unlimited membership, it's basically a tanning membership. I just love it!

[BronzeGlowAlicia]

The only thing I dont get is, tanning is supposed to be a relaxation treatment, not work. I guess if tan lines really bother you then you'll do a lot of moving around...

[Anya1976]

i move around when i tan. not excessively. sometimes i flip over and put my hands on the back of my head so they are close to the facial lamps. i do he frog pose with my legs to avoid lines on my legs. and even with the moving i don't sweat that badly.

[white2dark]

I move around. I will put my hands above my head to tan my armpits. I also will lay on my tummy also.

[Summers Tan]

Actually,laying your your sides or stomach could crack the acrylic.The additional pressure in places you are putting your weight on to get into position.I know we wouldn't want to be responsible for that.I used to lay on my side & stomach,myself til I heard this at a Smart Tan class.

[Tpsyduck]

I still just pretty much lay there, but I squirm now and then.. and I'll be going to a standup more often once My SO gets hers going

[SassyKat]

I just lay there on my back now. I used to flip but it is so uncomfortable. I try to raise my arms up the last 5 minutes. I still can't seem to get my underarms tan though. I don't really care. Just as long as the rest of me is tan.

[monkeygirl]

I turn like a pig on a spit

Although I never knew that it could hurt the acrylic?? Really?? I weigh about 105 on a good day, and when I lay on my side, I kind of put my legs in a V position, if that makes sense. Hopefully spreading out my body weight a little bit better...

[cupcake65]

flat on my back baby! i use the stand up too so im even

[BronzeGlowAlicia]

What I said before is crazy. That's when I first joined IAMTAN and before I ever used a stand up. I now do the frog position with my legs and put my arms above my head halfway through my session. I am SO glad I dont have white underarms..

[Bonnie]

Alternating laydown and standup, especially if they are big, pretty much means I hit everywhere (it helps that I'm petite).

[SexyKitty]

I do some funky positions too. I know its nice to relax but sometimes you have to get those hard to tan areas. I mostly have a problem where my butt and legs meet and I get those "smiles" I also do the frog pose. I still use standups to help even everything out.

[Sunderella]

I try to move around and get everything tanned....I do still relax...

[mismodliz]

It's a good thing no one can see the positions I try when attempting to get all areas!

I hate butt moons!

[Anya1976]

i move all over when i tan. i move my legs themost i go from straight out to "frog position" i flip over for the last 5 mins with my hands on the back of my head near the facial tanners with boobs smooshed down to help with the white lines i get.